diff --git a/publisher.go b/publisher.go
index 8c51a56b2..da53789fb 100644
--- a/publisher.go
+++ b/publisher.go
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ func (p *publisher) publishUpdates(reqs requests) {
 			kv := &pb.KV{
 				Key:       y.ParseKey(k),
 				Value:     y.SafeCopy(nil, e.Value),
-				Meta:      []byte{e.UserMeta},
+				Meta:      []byte{e.meta},
+				UserMeta:  []byte{e.UserMeta},
 				ExpiresAt: e.ExpiresAt,
 				Version:   y.ParseTs(k),
 			}